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    Obama made me cry

    NOVEMBER 7, 2012 3:23AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: politics, obama, election 2012, presidential election, civil rights, yay!!!!!!!

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 4557 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Ignore the Bigger Picture at Our Peril

    OCTOBER 31, 2012 2:30PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: voting, third-party candidates, presidential election, voting decisions, undecided voters

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 4952 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Why This Grateful Woman Just Voted for Barack Obama

    OCTOBER 31, 2012 9:44AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: politics, barack obama, please vote and bring a friend with you, presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 5047 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Jay-Z, Kanye West, and the French Presidential Campaign

    APRIL 26, 2012 1:40PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: france, politics, international news, news, french politics, minorities, immigration, election, presidential election, nicolas sarkozy, francois hollande

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1395 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Republicans Discover That Life Sucks

    MAY 3, 2011 9:29AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: barack obama, presidential election, 2012, osama bin laden

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2551 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Rallying in the streets of New York City- This is surreal

    NOVEMBER 5, 2008 1:12AM

    By Lissa Stewart


    Topics: politics, obama, 2008, presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1342 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Obama in Disneyland

    NOVEMBER 3, 2008 10:17AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: theme parks, mickey mouse, vacations, obama, barack obama, obama campaign, disney, disneyland, california, california adventure, disney's california adventure, election campaign, campaigning, comedy, campaign images, campaign photographs, people, presidential election, presidential campaign, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1018 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    No Laughing Matter: The Palin Doctrine of Executive Power

    OCTOBER 22, 2008 6:22PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, separation of powers, sarah palin, republicans, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin cheney, palin biden, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, keith olbermann, john yoo, john mccain, john birch society, john birch, joe biden, fox barker communications, fox barker, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2877 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Lesson of the Four Chaplains, 1943

    OCTOBER 20, 2008 4:59PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, belief and religion, world war two, usat dorchester, u.s. army, sarah palin, religion and politics, religion, racism, purple heart, presidential election, presidential campaign, president of the united states, palin, obama biden, obama, muslims, muslim americans, mccain-palin, mccain, kareem rashad sultan khan, john p.washington, john mccain, heroes, glark v. poling, george l. fox, gen. colin powell, fox barker communications, fox barker, four chaplains, elections, democracy, cpl. kareem rashad sultan khan, colin powell, colin l. powell, chaplains, bronze star, bigotry, barack obama, arlington national cemetery, alexander d. goode

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3353 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    The Great Schlep: Why Do Jews Demean Jews?

    OCTOBER 17, 2008 3:24AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: yiddish, obama, swing states, israel, barack obama, sarah palin, palin, mccain, john mccain, jewish vote, jews, judiaism, ari wallach, the great schlep, jews and obama, florida vote, presidential election, politics, religion, jewsvote, jewish council for education and research, obama campaign, great schlep

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1089 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Spreading the Wealth Around

    OCTOBER 15, 2008 11:06PM

    By doloresflores_d


    Topics: debate, economy, john mccain, barack obama, presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 3852 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    News from VP Debate: The McCain-Palin Coup

    OCTOBER 3, 2008 7:23PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, war, palin biden, palin cheney, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, torture, separation of powers, sarah palin, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, john yoo, john mccain, joe biden, federalism, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1744 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The Real Reason McCain Wants to Postpone Friday's Debate

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 12:06PM

    By Gwen Cooper


    Topics: mccain, obama, politics, debate, election, presidential election, presidential debate, economics, news, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 748 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Revisiting my November Electoral College Predictions

    OCTOBER 14, 2008 3:13PM

    By TNC


    Topics: 2008, presidential election, electoral college, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3218 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Palin's Florida Rally Shows Support Among Old, White People

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 9:13PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, palin campaign, palin in florida, palin effect, latter day saints, mormon church, mormons, lds, mitt romney, florida, mccain-palin, vice president, palin, sarah palin, presidential election campaign, presidential campaign, barack obama, presidential election, obama, john mccain

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3124 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Spiro Palin?

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 9:14AM

    By sanjuro55


    Topics: 1968, presidential election, spiro agnew

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1062 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Reading the 2008 Election

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 12:24PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: books, john mccain, mccain, obama, politics, presidential election, mccain campaign, republicans, barack obama, sarah palin, palin, religion, republican party, mccain-palin, fascism, elections, mccain-palin campaign, karl rove, history, harry braverman, richard hofstadter, wilhelm reich, herbert marcuse, liberalism, anti-intellectualism, intellectuals, labor, work, american politics, american history, antiintellectualism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2685 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    '08 Electoral Map Analysis & Predictions

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 4:49PM

    By TNC


    Topics: politics, electoral college, presidential election, 2008

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2399 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Sarah Palin, Lipstick and the Bible: Beware the Wages of Sin

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 10:43AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, belief and religion, world wide church of god, vice president, sin, sarah palin, republicans, republican party, religion and politics, religion, presidential election, palin's lipstick, palin and religion, palin, mccain-palin campaign, mccain-palin, mccain campaign, make-up, lipstick, john mccain, evangelicals, evangelical christianity, elections, cosmetics, christianity, bible

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 981 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Our Dead Deserve Their Due

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 3:08AM

    By Kirsten Edmondson Branch


    Topics: patriotism, photography, flag draped coffins, fallen soldiers commemoration act, presidential election, media, politics, news, breaking news

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